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An Apparent Contradiction, in Modern Electronics

A question which I’ve been asked was, ‘Is modern Electronics fundamentally new?’ And the answer to that question is neither a simple Yes nor a simple No.

The theories that define how electronic circuits behave are such, that they have basically not changed in half a century. But, ever-more complex circuits have been designed, which therefore also embody some amount of creativity. This has been assisted by the facts, that:

Integrated Circuits – aka Chips – can now be mass-produced, that contain 1000 , 10000, 100000, or even 1000000 transistors, grown out of a single crystal.